In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Cablivi (caplacizumab-yhdp) injection from Ablynx, the first treatment approved in combination with plasma exchange and immunosuppressive therapy for adults with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP), a rare and life-threatening disorder that causes blood clotting.
This month the FDA also approved Novo Nordisk’s Esperoct (turoctocog alfa pegol, N8-GP) for treatment of hemophilia A (congenital factor VIII deficiency) in adults and children. Hemophilia A can cause severe bleeding into the large joints such as the knees or hips.
Fascioliasis, commonly known as liver fluke infestation, infects 2.4 million people worldwide and occurs following ingestion of the larvae in food or water. The FDA has now approved Egaten (triclabendazole), a benzimidazole anthelmintic, for the treatment of fascioliasis in patients six years of age and older.
Gout is a painful type of arthritis that afflicts roughly 8.7 million people in the U.S. It is caused by elevated levels of uric acid crystals in the joints and can be treated with colchicine.
Jeuveau (prabotulinumtoxinA) is a botulinum toxin type A formulation okayed this month for injection into the facial muscles to lessen moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines).
Posted: February 2019